This body served as a guideline script for the Nexus Webinar dated May 13, 2020

Welcome everybody!

This is the Nexus Southern California webinar focusing on market trends, pressures, covid-19 related issues, and some EXCITING New Opportunities that never existed before.

Today, we'll touch on the various types of real estate assistance that you can get if and when you decide to sell your home.  Of course there are options to sell For Sale By Owner, you have full service and flat fees discount brokerages.  And, there’s an exciting new Hybrid way of selling your home that is gaining a lot of momentum which allows you to sell your home by yourself, with professional guidance and licensed support whenever you need help in the process. We'll talk about the national market trends and what’s going on in Southern California.  Covid-19 is having a dramatic effect on home values.

We’ll share with you the latest unemployment numbers and how consumer spending is...

Selling your home on your own has some big advantages, the biggest of which is saving yourself huge amounts of cash by eliminating commission fees.  But selling on your own can make some sellers nervous.  This is normal -- the nerves come from venturing into uncharted waters. 

The fact is that most of what gets done in a conventional real estate transaction is done by the owners anyway.  Sure, realtors play an important role in certain parts of the transaction, like disclosures, pricing strategy, negotiations, or managing paperwork, but the majority of time and effort that goes into selling a home, such as preparing the home for sale or showing a home, are often well within an owner's wheelhouse. 

And what about timing?  Other considerations which affect home values, such interest rates, unemployment rates, and the Federal Government's new CARES Act which includes provisions and obligations for home owners, may affect the timing of putting your home up...